Marina Exam Reviewer: Your engine is going astern and you pick-up sternway. The rudder is amidships and you are operating on a single, right-handed fixed screw. How will your ship react?

Marina Exam Reviewer:

Your engine is going astern and you pick-up sternway. The rudder is amidships and you are operating on a single, right-handed fixed screw. How will your ship react?

A. You will change heading to port 
B. You stern will be pushed to starboard 
C. You will change heading to starboard
D. You will go straight astern  



Answer:      C. You will change heading to starboard

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